AirportsGamba Airport is a small airport serving Gamba, in Ogooué-Maritime Province, Gabon. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is GAX.
Key facts
- IATA code
- GAX
- ICAO code
- FOGX
- City
- Gamba
- State or region
- Ogooué-Maritime Province
- Country
- Gabon
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 2.7853° S, 10.0472° E
- Elevation
- 9 m (30 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,800 m (5,906 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, GAX means Gamba Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: FOGX. ICAO codes that begin with F belong to central and southern Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 2.7853° S, 10.0472° E. It stands 9 metres (30 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Tchibanga, about 105 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Libreville, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Gamba Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,800 metres (5,906 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 6 airports of Gabon on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 4.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 1,800 m 5,906 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Port Gentil International AirportPort Gentil | POG | 272 km |
| Antonio Agostinho-Neto International AirportPointe Noire, Republic of the Congo | PNR | 304 km |
| Libreville Leon M'ba International AirportLibreville | LBV | 368 km |
| Cabinda AirportCabinda, Angola | CAB | 393 km |
| M'Vengue El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba International AirportFranceville | MVB | 397 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,940 km | 10 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,279 km | 9 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,792 km | 7 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,115 km | 7 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,690 km | 12 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,660 km | 16 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,453 km | 13 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,701 km | 17 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,252 km | 17 h 40 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.